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UGA’s final stat line in Omaha

Perd Hapley

Perd Hapley

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Sep 30, 2022
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- 4 games, all against SEC teams

- 2-2 record (28-7 against SEC before CWS)

- 16 total runs scored (4 per game, averaged 7.6 per game in SEC play)

- 16 runs allowed (actually pitched pretty well until they ran out of arms today)

- 5 HR’s (had 174 before CWS)

- 1.25 HR’s per game (2.76 before CWS)

- 4-28 (.143) with RISP…..awful. Never more than 1 hit with RISP in any game.

- 34 runners LOB (8.5 per game)

- 46 K’s (!!!!). 11.5 per game. Amazingly, they struck out 17 times yesterday, and still had enough pitching to beat Texas 2-0.

Complete offensive ineptitude. They were badly exposed. Team was simply not built to win in that stadium. Their approach at the plate which worked all season completely betrayed them this past week.
 
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Called3rdstrikedawg

All-Conference
May 7, 2016
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I think we may notice a different offensive philosophy from BOC next year as well. State had a record number of Homeruns, but still most of them were solo Homeruns. I expect to see a significant drop in HRs by State in 2027, but hopefully more runners on base when the doubles and HRs occur and much better pitching.
 
She Mate Me

She Mate Me

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Called3rdstrikedawg said:
I think we may notice a different offensive philosophy from BOC next year as well. State had a record number of Homeruns, but still most of them were solo Homeruns. I expect to see a significant drop in HRs by State in 2027, but hopefully more runners on base when the doubles and HRs occur and much better pitching.
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Hitting too many home runs was not our problem this year.
 
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Anon1684630174

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Ga yammers on and on about building a team to win in their stadium. You can’t go to Omaha and miss the ball and it still carry out of the yard like it does in Athens. I don’t know why they think that would translate.
 
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thekimmer

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Aug 30, 2012
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UGA teams under Johnson have always had a different vibe about them and they have always wilted against lower ranked teams at some point in the post season. This time it was in Omaha. One thing we have to say though is this year they absolutely owned us.
 
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Perd Hapley

Perd Hapley

All-American
Sep 30, 2022
6,253
7,443
113
She Mate Me said:
Rather than shatting on a Georgia team that had a great season and fell a little short, I’m gonna focus on an Oklahoma team on an epic heater.

They have taken Georgia college baseball souls the last few weeks.
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Very true. It’s been cool to watch. But it’s also worth noting that Texas pitching handled them pretty well too. They just have not been able to match anything they did consistently for 35 games against SEC teams, in ANY of the 4 games in Omaha.
 
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She Mate Me

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Perd Hapley said:
Very true. It’s been cool to watch. But it’s also worth noting that Texas pitching handled them pretty well too. They just have not been able to match anything they did consistently for 35 games against SEC teams, in ANY of the 4 games in Omaha.
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Absolutely. I wasn’t downing your analysis.
 
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She Mate Me

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DawgNsuds said:
So, can we finally put to rest the mantra that the College World Series was settled in the Athens Super Regional?
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I haven’t seen many mea culpas here from those who declared Georgia the de facto national champions before the CWS started.

Somebody even said they wouldn’t be challenged in a single game.
 
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maroonmania

All-Conference
Feb 23, 2008
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She Mate Me said:
Hitting too many home runs was not our problem this year.
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True, but our timely hitting with RISP seemed to be pretty bad at least in our biggest games. I guess that Saturday game in the SR where we lost 13-12 to Georgia was one of the best ( or worst) examples of that issue. We hit 6 HRs in that game but 5 were solo shots. We built out a 6-0 lead including a 2 run homer in that mix. From that point, after the 2nd inning, we hit 5 solo HRs but were still outscored 13-6. The other run we got came from a bases loaded hit batter. We NEVER got a hit with RISP even though we had guys all over the bases the last 7 innings. If any of those HRs past the 2nd inning had come when we had men on base then that game has a different outcome. We could have easily had 15 or 16 runs in that game if we had gotten a key hit or two with RISP. And yes, 12 should have been enough but it wasn't.
 
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Perd Hapley said:
- 4 games, all against SEC teams

- 2-2 record (28-7 against SEC before CWS)

- 16 total runs scored (4 per game, averaged 7.6 per game in SEC play)

- 16 runs allowed (actually pitched pretty well until they ran out of arms today)

- 5 HR’s (had 174 before CWS)

- 1.25 HR’s per game (2.76 before CWS)

- 4-28 (.143) with RISP…..awful. Never more than 1 hit with RISP in any game.

- 34 runners LOB (8.5 per game)

- 46 K’s (!!!!). 11.5 per game. Amazingly, they struck out 17 times yesterday, and still had enough pitching to beat Texas 2-0.

Complete offensive ineptitude. They were badly exposed. Team was simply not built to win in that stadium. Their approach at the plate which worked all season completely betrayed them this past week.
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Tells me pitching wins championships not cocky crotch grabbing dbags
 
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dog99walker

All-Conference
Jul 16, 2021
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BTCMoonBoy said:
Tells me pitching wins championships not cocky crotch grabbing dbags
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Before the first game, team leader (and chief crotch grabber when looking at his momma) was showing off his fancy shoes, colorful arm guards, and flashy pendant necklace to the ESPN sideline reporter. I thought to myself that ‘can you imagine a guy like Bulldog Dawg Bruce putting on such show of himself’ before a game wearing the M over S. Both he and Lujo shat the bed this week. I was only baseball gods humbling the proud.
 
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Called3rdstrikedawg

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May 7, 2016
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She Mate Me said:
Hitting too many home runs was not our problem this year.
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Didn’t say hitting too many homers was a problem. Not having guys nut up and get on base in front of the home run hitters was a problem when the bull pen couldn’t get the bad news bears line up out! This year’s team needed to outscore the Georgia’s, A&Ms, Auburns, Tennessee’s, Arkansas’ and Texas’ and couldn’t pull it off because of LOBs or nobody on when someone hit a HR. Last I checked a 2 rbi single or 3 run double is worth more than a Solo HR. “SITUATIONAL HITTING!”
 
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She Mate Me

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Called3rdstrikedawg said:
Didn’t say hitting too many homers was a problem. Not having guys nut up and get on base in front of the home run hitters was a problem when the bull pen couldn’t get the bad news bears line up out! This year’s team needed to outscore the Georgia’s, A&Ms, Auburns, Tennessee’s, Arkansas’ and Texas’ and couldn’t pull it off because of LOBs or nobody on when someone hit a HR. Last I checked a 2 rbi single or 3 run double is worth more than a Solo HR. “SITUATIONAL HITTING!”
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I’m not looking it up, but weren’t we one of the better teams in the country with RISP?

Yeah, all of us with sense can see we didn’t get quite enough done on a too consistent basis against the best teams on our schedule. I really doubt that is going to cause Oak to make offensive philosophy changes that deemphasizes home runs.
 
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ronpolk

All-American
May 6, 2009
9,340
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Perd Hapley said:
- 4 games, all against SEC teams

- 2-2 record (28-7 against SEC before CWS)

- 16 total runs scored (4 per game, averaged 7.6 per game in SEC play)

- 16 runs allowed (actually pitched pretty well until they ran out of arms today)

- 5 HR’s (had 174 before CWS)

- 1.25 HR’s per game (2.76 before CWS)

- 4-28 (.143) with RISP…..awful. Never more than 1 hit with RISP in any game.

- 34 runners LOB (8.5 per game)

- 46 K’s (!!!!). 11.5 per game. Amazingly, they struck out 17 times yesterday, and still had enough pitching to beat Texas 2-0.

Complete offensive ineptitude. They were badly exposed. Team was simply not built to win in that stadium. Their approach at the plate which worked all season completely betrayed them this past week.
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I’m not sure if you can really say Omaha’s size impacted them or not. When you strike out 17 times in a game, you’re not really giving yourself a chance to hit home runs.
 
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OG Goat Holder

OG Goat Holder

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Sep 30, 2022
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Perd Hapley said:
Complete offensive ineptitude. They were badly exposed. Team was simply not built to win in that stadium. Their approach at the plate which worked all season completely betrayed them this past week.
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They WERE exposed.....by Oklahoma. The hottest team in the country.

They also beat Texas twice, once pretty soundly.

The whole 'can't hit home runs in Omaha' stuff is pretty 2013.
 
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ronpolk

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OG Goat Holder said:
They WERE exposed.....by Oklahoma. The hottest team in the country.

They also beat Texas twice, once pretty soundly.

The whole 'can't hit home runs in Omaha' stuff is pretty 2013.
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Oklahoma surely didn’t have a problem last night! I have to admit, I did throughly enjoy seeing Georgia struggle so much last night. I still think Georgia has the best lineup in college baseball but Oklahoma is just red hot right now.
 
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dawgstate

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Speaking of Georgia, the theatrical exit of some of their better-named players in their final collegiate at bat was out of a movie. The Branch home run, brother’s acknowledgement, family crying in the stands got the emotions flowing…Phelps and Jackson too. Pure theater. ESPN was lapping it up.
 
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Awwhellnaw

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Maybe they just blew their load on us in the super.
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DAWGSANDSAINTS

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She Mate Me said:
Rather than shatting on a Georgia team that had a great season and fell a little short, I’m gonna focus on an Oklahoma team on an epic heater.

They have taken Georgia college baseball souls the last few weeks.
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This OK team came into the Regionals having lost 4-5 SEC series to end the year.
They went to arguably the toughest Regioanl and won it and then went on the road to KS and won that one which I don’t think was super exceptional except for the fact that they did in fact win it.
This is an excellent example of a team just getting very hot at the right time.
See om in ‘22 as another.
 
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Ranchdawg

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DAWGSANDSAINTS said:
Good pitching has always beat good hitting and it always will.
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Was it good hitting? UGA looked like the quit hitting to me. Or maybe not being able to hit home runs killed them. It seems to me that each year a team gets hot at the right time and makes a run. OU has done a good job of not walking batters. They are pitching to contact and challenging batters. NC vs OU promises to be a good match-up. I won't be surprised if either team wins.
 
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Right_Field_Heckler

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Perd Hapley said:
No
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LF: Chuck (335) - Foley (350)
LCF: Chuck (375) - Foley (370)
CF: Chuck (408) - Foley (404)
RCF: Chuck 375 - Foley (365)
RF: Chuck (335) - Foley (314)

It seems the biggest differences are in the alley in right and RF.

Outside of that they're pretty similar, from a dimensions standpoint.
 
Perd Hapley

Perd Hapley

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ronpolk said:
I’m not sure if you can really say Omaha’s size impacted them or not. When you strike out 17 times in a game, you’re not really giving yourself a chance to hit home runs.
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There’s a direct relationship between a ton of strikeouts and a team that’s swinging for the fences at every spot on the order on just about every pitch. That’s the issue. They have no other approach other than to just try and hit HR’s. You can’t walk into that stadium with that mindset and expect to win.
 
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OG Goat Holder

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Perd Hapley said:
There’s a direct relationship between a ton of strikeouts and a team that’s swinging for the fences at every spot on the order on just about every pitch. That’s the issue. They have no other approach other than to just try and hit HR’s. You can’t walk into that stadium with that mindset and expect to win.
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Don't know if you've noticed but that's kinda just what baseball is these days. There's really not a whole lot of strategy in it.

Georgia got shut down by some hot pitching. It's not that their strategy just stopped working. Home runs are shots......there aren't many that are just pop ups that float out of smaller parks. My point here is that if you're hitting home runs you are making hard contact which means your hits are going to be hard to handle anywhere.

At a baseline level, baseball is a little luck anyway. A line drive right at the center fielder is no more/less of a good hit, practically speaking, than one that finds the gap. The point is to hit the ball as hard as possible over and over until the luck works for you. It's really that simple.
 
Perd Hapley

Perd Hapley

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OG Goat Holder said:
Don't know if you've noticed but that's kinda just what baseball is these days. There's really not a whole lot of strategy in it.
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It’s definitely what it is at the MLB level, and many college teams are following suit.

The problem with the blanket approach of MLB type analytics to lower levels of baseball is that it doesn’t hold up under the same assumptions. For example, college baseball defensive play is tee-total shít compared to MLB, so there’s still a lot to be gained from simply putting the ball in play vs. swinging for the fences. Pitching is also nowhere close to MLB level once you get past the top 1-2 starters, so you can barrel pitches at a pretty high success rate.

College coaches who ignore these differences for the sake of “analytics” do so at their own peril.
 
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OG Goat Holder

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Perd Hapley said:
It’s definitely what it is at the MLB level, and many college teams are following suit.

The problem with the blanket approach of MLB type analytics to lower levels of baseball is that it doesn’t hold up under the same assumptions. For example, college baseball defensive play is tee-total shít compared to MLB, so there’s still a lot to be gained from simply putting the ball in play vs. swinging for the fences. Pitching is also nowhere close to MLB level once you get past the top 1-2 starters, so you can barrel pitches at a pretty high success rate.

College coaches who ignore these differences for the sake of “analytics” do so at their own peril.
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I'm not really talking about analytics here. I agree with you about that. College is about amassing talent, and I'm just saying that home run hitters are generally just good hitters in general, so you better find you some of them. I mean yeah, you have some of these guys that are trained up at a young age with launch angle and all that, but that's not what Georgia had - they had some freaking beasts.

Main point here is that analytics and Omaha weren't Georgia's problem. Oklahoma's pitching was.
 
Perd Hapley

Perd Hapley

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OG Goat Holder said:
The point is to hit the ball as hard as possible over and over until the luck works for you. It's really that simple.
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You had me until this part. This is the analytics part. Up until recently, the point of baseball has absolutely not been to “hit the ball as hard as possible” every time you swing the bat. Not at all. 0-0 count, 2-0 count, 3-1 count, sure. But not every 17ing swing in every situation.

Bat control has simply gone the way of the dinosaurs. And for MLB, maybe that’s a valid trade-off, because all the players are near elite defensively compared to college players. But in college, the analytics based approach to hitting has many flaws.

Baseball was built on things like laser focus on simply putting the ball in play with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs, protecting the plate with 2 strikes and fouling off pitches until you find one you can handle, working counts, going the other way, etc.

Teams like UGA have no ability to do any of that, and no ability to still win high stakes games when the HR is taken away, even though they ALSO have elite pitching. National champions have to be able to win games more than one way.
 
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